TÜV SÜD Zacta accreditation for EMV® Mobile L1 Phase 2

TÜV SÜD Zacta, a member of one of the world’s leading technical service organisations, has now been accredited by EMVCo for the new Mobile Level 1 test plan. EMVCo exists to facilitate worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment transactions. It accomplishes this by managing and evolving the EMV® Specifications and related testing processes. TÜV SÜD Zacta now offers type approval and debug services for the complete range of testing, including analogue and digital and the new testing steps performance and interoperability. These tests can all be performed under EMVCo in different environments (Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC), embedded Secure Element, Host Card Emulation (HCE)) without the need to go through different schemes.

“With this accreditation, TÜV SÜD Zacta can assist manufacturers in confirming that their mobile handsets are in line with the industry in terms of transmission and processing times and can also communicate effectively with existing payment terminals around the world”, explains Fabien Bocquet, Manager Smartcard Systems at TÜV SÜD Zacta. “Priority has been given to the automation and speed of our test system, with the aim of ensuring that every step of this approval is performed in a fast and accurate manner. This reduces the need for lengthy certification processes and therefore supports manufacturers in bringing their products to market faster.”

TÜV SÜD Zacta, the first company in Japan to perform EMVCo validation has more than 10 years of experience as a testing laboratory in the payment systems market and is working closely with major manufacturers in the Japanese industry. TÜV SÜD Zacta will now be able to provide even stronger support for this market. Zacta’s test centres offer testing facilities including anechoic chambers and shielded rooms as well as open sites, to provide customers with a more integrated one-stop solution to meet changing market requirements.